Here is a terrific event taking place on 25 April 2012 - a free event about cloud computing - The National Conference on Cloud Computing and Commerce.

The conference speakers include Paul Rellis (Managing Director, Microsoft Ireland), Colm Lyon (CEO, Realex), Mark Kellett (CEO, Magnet Networks) and Sean O’Sullivan (SOS Ventures).

The event is free to attend and takes place from 2-6pm at Dublin City University and is supported by Techspectations and the new Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce both located at DCU Business School, sponsored by Microsoft Ireland.

Register to participate here http://www.nc4.ie/register-free

I only wish I could attend but I am in Cyprus speaking about content marketing and social media to B2B companies.

If you are not sure how Cloud Computing is relevant to your business, I encourage you to clear your diaries or have a team member attend.

If you are not able to attend follow the Twitter Hash tage #NC4

Here is an interesting way to recognise the contribution of members of your team - every time there is a mention of your brands hashtag on Twitter, they get the chance to enjoy a treat.

That is in essence is what Brando a digital agency in Dublin has set up with it's #tweetsweets campaign.

I received a message earlier this week that they wanted to send me something in the post. And today we received a little brown envelope with a packet of sweets inside - see the photo. Unfortunately the envelope they were sent in was completely torn when it arrived so I can't show you the details it had printed about the campaign.

You can see their #tweetsweets web page at http://www.brando.ie/tweetsweets where there is also a streaming video of the Brando team at work and then heading for the gumball machine to eat the candy.

Each time they receive a tweet referencing the Twitter hash tag and their name a gumball machine will deliver some candy.

Yes their competition could have lots of fun distracting them from their work sending tweets to distract them - but then they would be referencing them in Twitter and building awareness about them!

It's a nice creative campaign. But possibly not good for their teeth!

In case you missed it, here's the infamous video of one of Obama's cars getting stuck at the US Embassy in Dublin when he was with us last month.

The low-riding limousine got stuck on a steep ramp at the entrance to the American diplomatic mission.

You can read more about the incident on the BBC website.